11 TV Present Costumes That Prompted Actors Ache

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Patrick Stewart “got here to detest” Picard’s Star Trek: The Subsequent Genertation jumpsuit. In 2008, he advised Newsweek, “We really removed it after the second season because of my chiropractor, who stated, ‘If they do not take you out of that costume, we’re going to slap a lawsuit on Paramount for the lasting injury performed to your backbone.'”

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Louisa Jacobson “took a very long time to get used to” the corset she wore to play Marion Brook in The Gilded Age “after sporting sweatpants for thus lengthy.” In 2022, she advised the podcast Reign with Josh Smith, “I actually suffered from that call as a result of they measured and sewed all my costumes based mostly on how tight my corset was within the becoming, after I had been actually bold about making it very tight.”

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Whereas taking part in Kate Sharma in Bridgerton, Simone Ashley wanted assist getting dressed “as a result of once you’re in a corset, you’ll be able to’t put your footwear on.” The corset prompted different issues, too. In 2022, she advised Glamour UK, “On my first day, I used to be like, ‘OK, first day as a number one girl, acquired to eat a number of meals, be actually energized.’ So, I had this huge portion of salmon, and that is after I wanted to be sick, principally as a result of I used to be sporting the corset. I noticed once you put on the corset, you simply do not eat.”

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Whereas taking part in Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton, Nicola Coughlan tried to put on heels so she was at eye degree along with her castmates. In 2020, she advised Good Morning America, “I arrived on set on the primary day and fell over 3 times within the heels. As soon as was holding a canine, and as soon as was holding a parosol, which I fell and stabbed Claudia Jessie — who performs Eloise — proper within the hand and drew blood.”

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Star Trek: Voyager actor Jeri Ryan advised BBC that, for her Seven of 9 costume, “There is a corset, one-piece undergarment. It is constricting, and it isn’t snug. You possibly can’t actually bend. You possibly can’t actually sit comfortably in it.”

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For Pedro Pascal, sporting his swimsuit and helmet for his titular function in The Mandalorian was “like placing on a head-to-toe glove with weights on it.”

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In 2023, The Boys actor Nathan Mitchell advised The Film Dweeb that, whereas the costume designers did “such an incredible job” making his Black Noir swimsuit “aesthetically pleasing” and “snug,” sporting it nonetheless took a toll on his physique. He stated, “It is like there is a compression that occurs round your shoulders and your again, and it simply slowly presses down on you. Like, 20 minutes? Okay. An hour? Fantastic. Eight hours, ten hours, twelve hours, and also you’re similar to, ‘Ugh.'”

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Whereas taking part in Herman on The Munsters, Fred Gwynne reportedly needed to take a number of cool-down breaks due to the cumbersome padding and make-up his costume required.

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The cape that Package Harington wore as Jon Snow on Recreation of Thrones weighed “a ton.” In 2019, he advised The Late Present with Stephen Colbert, “It smells terrible…I believe they add weight to it yearly.”

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Peter Serafinowicz’s costume for his titular function in The Tick was “nonbreathable, and it does not have a lot give in it.” He additionally struggled to maneuver in it at instances.

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And eventually, whereas taking part in the titular function in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan acquired a “corset-related harm” from her character’s ’50s and ’60s-era outfits. She “cannot take tremendous deep breaths anymore.”